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The Mexican-American War

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Gonzales, Louisiana.
Three Louisiana men played prominent roles in the Mexican-American War. Though John Slidell was born in New York, he moved to New Orleans in 1819, started a successful law practice, and eventually became an important leader . . .

(War, Mexican-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Chapel of the Hospital of Saint Lazarus

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, Dominican Republic.
Capilla del Hospital de San Lázaro Perteneció al Hospital de Leprosos ya desaparecido. Estaba concluida en 1759 English translation: Chapel of the Hospital of Saint Lazarus This chapel belonged to the Leper Hospital, no . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Mexican-American War

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Gonzales, Louisiana.
Panel 1 Fifteen years before Americans began fighting each other in the Civil War, they were at war with their neighbors to the south in Mexico. The Mexican-American War began in 1846 and lasted less than two years with the . . .

(War, Mexican-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Church of Saint Michael

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, Dominican Republic.
Iglesia de San Miguel Estaba terminada para 1740. Fue destruida por el terremoto de 1751 y levantada de nuevo en 1765. El proyecto de Código Negro Carolino, disponía el traslado a esta iglesia de todos los cofrades de . . .

(African Americans • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War

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Gonzales, Louisiana.
Louisiana occupied a highly strategic location during the Civil War. Home to both the South's largest city, New Orleans, as well as the largest Confederate training base in the Gulf South at Camp Moore, and positioned to . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dominican Resistance to the US Invasion of 1965

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, Dominican Republic.
24 de abril 50 años 15 y 16 de junio de 1965 En estos días el patriotismo y emoción conjugados en el pueblo dominicano en armas, defendieron en esta zona la soberanía nacional mancillada por las tropas interventoras de . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mexico Will Poison Us

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Gonzales, Louisiana.
One of America's most important literary figures, Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882), wrote these words that turned out to be prophetic. Before the Mexican-American War began, Emerson predicted that "the . . .

(War, Mexican-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The War to End War

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Gonzales, Louisiana.
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson had lofty goals for World War I, including his hope that the war would create a set of conditions that made future wars impossible. Along with his plea that the war should be fought "to make the . . .

(War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Monument of the San Francisco Ruins

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, Dominican Republic.
Monumento Ruinas de San Francisco Complejo arquitectónico del siglo XVI conformado por iglesia, convento y capilla de la Orden Terciaria. En 1543 el maestro Rodrigo de Liendo inicia su construcción, la cual se extiende hasta . . .

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Operation Just Cause

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Fort Benning, Georgia.
1st Battalion (Airborne) 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment 193rd Infantry Brigade Republic of Panama Bronze plaque The "Red Devil" Battalion executed a helicopter air assault into Ft. Amador, Panama on 20 December 1989. . . .

(Military • Notable Events) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

1505 Colonial House

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, Dominican Republic.
“En conmemoración del V centenario de esta casa colonial, sita en La Atarazana, que data de 1505” 1ero. de diciembre 2005 English translation: In commemoration of the 500th anniversary of this colonial house, located in . . .

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

70th Infantry Div.

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Fort Benning, Georgia.
? ? ? In honor of all who served with the 70th Infantry Division especially those who made the supreme sacrifice World War II ? War on Terrorism Erected and dedicated by members of the 70th Infantry Division . . .

(Military • War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, 2nd Iraq • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World Trade Center Beam Memorial

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Columbus, Georgia.
9/11/2001 World Trade Center North Tower Floors 93-99 Struck 8:46 AM Collapsed 10:28 AM Beam above given by the NYPD in memory of Col Rick Rescorla OCS Hall of Fame for his heroic actions that day 9/11/2001 World Trade . . .

(Notable Events) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Nicolás de Ovando

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, Dominican Republic.
Frey Nicolas de Ovando (1451-1511) Gobernador de la isla Española Comendador Mayor de la Orden de Alcantara Fundador de la Nueva Ciudad de Santo-Domingo English translation: Nicolás de Ovando (1451-1511), Governor of the . . .

(Colonial Era • Military • Politics • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Hermitage of Saint Anton

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, Dominican Republic.
Ermita de San Antón Monumento que originó el barrio que lo circunda. Fue reconstruido a finales del siglo XX en base a documentos gráficos antiguos. El templo original fue incendiado por el corsario Francis Drake en 1586 y . . .

(Churches & Religion • Disasters • Man-Made Features • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The "Chattahoochee Choo Choo"

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Columbus, Georgia.
The students of the US Army's Infantry school stationed here in the early days of Fort Benning had many names for the beloved railway, the "Bull's eye Limited", the "A.E.F. Special", "Old Fuss and Feathers", the "Cinder . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

San Diego: Birthplace of Naval Aviation

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San Diego, California.
Over the next four days the city's reception committee, headed by William Kettner, who would one day become the region's representative in the U.S. Congress, welcomed the men of the Fleet with an endless series of balls, . . .

(Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Ontario Theater

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Adams Morgan, District of Columbia.
[English-language side:] Celebration Through Preservation 1950s This building was the site of Washington's Ontario Theatre, a local cinema that played a notable part in the area's history. Accomplished theater architect John . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Hispanic Americans • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Owen D Young Peace Tower

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Dupont Circle, District of Columbia.
This tower dedicated to the ideal of international justice and world peace is a loving and grateful tribute to Owen D Young who inspired by faith in the constructive power of human brotherhood contributed his rare talents of . . .

(Churches & Religion • Communications • Peace • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Living Mural: Paul Laurence Dunbar

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U Street Corridor, District of Columbia.
Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 - February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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